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CS/SB 1480: Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Burton

Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revising the conditions under which the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Nursing, respectively, are authorized to issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizing certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 2/12/2026 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/8/2026 Senate • Filed
1/16/2026 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
1/21/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/22/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/26/2026 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
1/28/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
1/29/2026 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time
1/30/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/4/2026 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• Now in Rules
2/12/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building